The role of parental mediation strategies and online behaviour on internet addiction in young Indonesian children: a parent survey study.
Increasing children's access to the internet raises concerns about the internet addiction phenomenon that can adversely impact health and well-being. Children are particularly vulnerable to this problem due to individual limitations and environmental influences, especially from parents. This study i...
| Publicado en: | Behaviour & Information Technology Vol. 45; no. 10; pp. 2311 - 2335 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2026
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=194490042&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 194490042 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0144929X B6Q jtl: Behaviour & Information Technology issn: 0144929X maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jun2026 vid: 45 iid: 10 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 194490042 188940914 194490042 194490042 10.1080/0144929X.2025.2578709 194490042 ppf: 2311 ppct: 24 formats: tig: atl: The role of parental mediation strategies and online behaviour on internet addiction in young Indonesian children: a parent survey study. aug: au: Theopilus, Yansen Al Mahmud, Abdullah Davis, Hilary Octavia, Johanna Renny affil: Centre for Design Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia sug: subj: Internet Addiction Risk Factors Child Behavior Evaluation Parental Attitudes Evaluation Risk Assessment Digital Technology Parental Role Human Indonesia Funding Source Male Female Child Adult Cross Sectional Studies Surveys Questionnaires Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Chi Square Test Structural Equation Modeling Learning Online Education Cellular Phone Recreation Screen Time Prevention and Control Internet Addiction Prevention and Control Child: 6-12 years Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: Increasing children's access to the internet raises concerns about the internet addiction phenomenon that can adversely impact health and well-being. Children are particularly vulnerable to this problem due to individual limitations and environmental influences, especially from parents. This study investigates parental perspectives on the extent to which parental mediation and children's online behaviour across multiple internet-enabled devices influence internet addiction in children. We recruited 1627 parents of Indonesian children aged 7–11 years old to complete self-administered questionnaires assessing parental mediation, children's online behaviour, and their internet addiction risk. Using the partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM), we tested a model representing the constructs (R2 = 0.529). Our study discovered significant negative predictors of internet addiction, including online activities for learning or productivity (β = −0.068) and five parental mediation strategies: active (β = −0.119), co-use (β = −0.060), restrictive-general (β = −0.216), restrictive-specific (β = −0.150), and supervision (β = −0.181). Two variables were significant positive predictors of internet addiction, including mobile device use (β = 0.284) and recreational online activities (β = 0.157). Both variables also partially mediated the relationship between parental mediation and internet addiction. The findings highlight that the appropriate parental mediation to prevent excessive recreational screen time and encourage positive online activities can be an effective effort to prevent internet addiction in children. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|